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| Posted by | Herbert |
| Posted on | 14/09/05 22:04 |
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Output Quality
Now, since we have finished we want to also take a look at the quality of the created discs. Let us start with the regular DVD-Video disc.
DVD-Video:
The quality of the resulting video is good. There are no noticeable differences compared to other video editing applications, such as Pinnacle Studio. Same goes for the playback compatibility on standalone DVD-player, PlayStation 2 and other PC's with software DVD-players.
Video CD:
Regarding VCD, we can say that we found the output quality as good as for VCDs, which are created with other applications. The playback on other PCs and compatible standalone DVD-player was ok as well.
Super Video CD:
The picture quality on created SVCDs is probably the most negative point we can add. It is our opinion the worst quality we have seen so far. We noticed much more pixels than we have seen on VCD, especially during quick action. The menu works ok and the compatibility to other playback devices is also good.
DivX CD:
Regarding the quality is nothing to say. It's the well-known DivX standard.
DVD+VR:
The resulting editable DVD showed good results in picture quality and played without any problems in a standalone DVD-player. A negative here though is a strange rattling sound when we jumped between menu pages on a disc which was edited.
DVD-VR:
DVD-VR showed us a good picture quality but very poor sound quality when playing back the disc content.
Disc Utilities Part 2
The previous versions were terrible for sync error between the video and audio. Let's hope this is better!
I have the same problem as Tommy (in Producer 2 Gold)
All steps no problem, then final step burning after 50%
creating folders etc etc. it ejects DVD and gives
unspecified error (nothing burned).
Removed software and registry keys then reinstalled and
i don't have the problem for 3 DVD's and then it returns.
Very strange.
system: Amd X2 4200+, 2 GB, 8800GTS, 2 x 250GB
Put a support request bto Cyberlink and am waiting a response.
I love the product for producing quality DVD files from VCR but I dont use the smart facility. What I do is use the HQ VCR capture function and let it run. At the end I save it all the DVD folder and once it is all saved I run it through DVD shrink that not only shrinks it to the 4.7 size I need for burning but it also allows me to re author the disc and I can get rid of the stupid title image. Once re authored and shrunk I burn it to nti or nero and I have a great vcr to dvd conversion. I know it sounds messy but I only use the best bit of the software which is being able to encode analogue video to DVD directly with no double conversion loss you get with other capture software out there. So for the bit of it I use 5 stars...Hope that helps ...Simon
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